Personal Trainer Glasgow Shares With You The Art of Goal Setting

The Art of goal Setting and What It Can Do For You

Hey Guys, today’s post goes deeper into the art of goal setting and how it can help get you on the path you ought to be on in terms of fitness, business, and family life.  At first this post was only a couple of paragraphs, yet it kind of grew legs and became the monster you see before.  Goal Setting is so Important in every aspect of your life.  This held true for me this week more than ever.  At the weekend I was down in Birmingham for a conference were some of the Greatest Fitness Entrepreneurs were speaking on every aspect of the fitness industry you can think of and I got to meet some of the experts who I’ve wanted to meet for, for years.

One of the key subjects that came up was goal setting and it got me thinking long and hard about were I am at in my own life.  We all live such busy lives and we concentrate so hard on all the little tasks of the day, what with work and domestic life; our heads stay permanently down and our blinkers on, yet we never take a moment to actually look up to see where it is we’re going and half the time we end up walking into a wall, be it a fitness, nutrition or a work related wall, that wall has a habit of popping up and blocking our direction.  As a Glasgow Personal Trainer, I come across people daily in my job that know they want something; yet can can’t yet place themselves in the right mindset to know specifically what it is they want.

I was reminded at the weekend of the Alice in wonderland story were Alice is speaking to the Cheshire cat and asks which of the two paths to take.  The cat responds by asking Alice where do you want to go.  Alice replies that she doesn’t know.  The cat then tells Alice that it doesn’t matter which path you take, as you’ll never know when you get to the destination.  Once you know the destination you can plan out the journey.  Take the Internet site Expedia for example; your not going to get very far if you are unable to enter in a destination on page 1.

Ask yourself this, what intentions did you have when you started the New Year off back in January, and how did you get on.  If you reached and maintained what you set out to do in January, I am so happy for you and please keep it up.  However if you maybe let one or two (or ALL) of those good intentions get pushed to the wayside then ask yourself what wall was it that you came up against?

Most of the time when we set goals and fail them because the overriding goal was flawed in the first place.  It’s easy to say I want to lose 2 stone or earn £100,000, yet how realistic is it?  Ok it sounds a bit corny but I want you to grab a pen and pad and write the following headings down on that pad; Personal, Fitness, Business/Work-related (thank you Alwynn Cosgrove) Now you have them down I want you to close your eyes & imagine your life a year from now, and write down everything you want to achieve by this time next year – set your stopwatch for 4 minutes and do not stop writing until that timer runs out.

I mean it; don’t stop writing until the 4 minutes runs out.  Now you have your list, we are going to break it down into actionable steps: Now take each column and write six months next to it and the action steps you yourself feel could be actionable within the next six months.

Once you have done that we’re going to break it down even further into more specific action plans you can do in the next three months, and then further subdivide into the next month.  Seriously I want you to map out what you can realistically engage this month to put you on track  to your year goals.

Now even more specific – What can you achieve this week – set yourself one mini goal this week each day that you can 100% take action on each day – plan it.

Now we’re at the final stage, I want you to write down what you can do in the next day> I want you to write down one thing you can do and take action on by this time tomorrow.

Now that it’s written down there is accountability, and it’s up to you to keep checking this list and making sure you’re on track each and every day.  To help with this I want you to take this piece of paper and put it in the most prominent place that you will see it every day (hint: the fridge or the mirror are always good starts) so that your goals are constantly in the front of your mind.

Now if you are visually stimulated then alongside that goal setting, create a vision board, were you place a photo or image on the board that represents each aspect of your life and the goals your are going to and are achieving (notice the present tense) in all of the sections, family; domestic; work/business; health; fitness; financial; spiritual etc.   It’s your vision board so design it in a way that excites you, and use images that stimulate you.
Both work well together and apart, however I find if you can tackle a problem with as many weapons in your arsenal as possible, then it doesn’t stand a chance.

Some of the problems with goal setting is that people plan too far in advance and never in the present.  Stop living in dreamland, plan your journey for the next year and ask yourself what can I do  TODAY.  Check in with your goals each and every day, after month 1 double check what you achieved and what maybe slipped through.  If a task or goal did slip through (God Forbid d;-) then add a couple of new action steps you can do get that taken care of ASAP.

Now this sounds a little long-winded but will only take 10 minutes tops and it will position you as an action taker, as opposed to the daydreamer who sits and puts everything off until tomorrow.  Don’t get stuck in the trap of tomorrow, take action today and start working towards that life you want to achieve, and you will start reaping the benefits immediately.

I’ve now tracked out my own goals for the year and am checking them daily, making sure I’m on track to lead my life the way I want in the next year.  I’ll Leave you to write up your goals with a quote that stuck with me from the weekend.

“You cannot get to where you have always wanted by doing what you have always done” The Legend Alwynn Cosgrove

Make sure you take massive ACTION and I would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below.

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John Fight Camp Trainer